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Chaos was intended, UCLA Coach Jim Mora said. So everything went according to plan during Saturday morning's practice. There was an edge. Rock music played at a decibel level that once was said to force Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to surrender to the U.S. military. Penalty flags fluttered through the air frequently. And Mora had a tirade, one that was a seven on his scale. "One of our objectives in practice is to put pressure on ourselves, on each other and on the team," Mora said. "We had Def Leppard playing and I think I even heard Deep Purple. We were trying to get them in a high-intensity, chaotic environment so when we get to game day, we can...

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Chaos was intended, UCLA Coach Jim Mora said.
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There was an edge. Rock music played at a decibel level that once was said to force Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to surrender to...

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